Beijing Reuters — Chinese hotpot giant Haidilao said it would compensate over 4,000 diners who had visited one of its outlets in Shanghai after two diners urinated into their hotpot broth. A video showing two men urinating into the broth of their hotpot while dining in a private room at a Haidilao restaurant started circulating … Read more
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday apologized for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this past week, breaking the Kremlin’s three-day silence on the accident that killed 38 people. He did not explicitly acknowledge Russia’s responsibility for the crash. Mr. Putin “offered his apologies” for the crash in a phone call to … Read more
MAZAN, France — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case. “I have been criticized for minimizing the seriousness of the heinous crimes of which the defendants are … Read more
Israeli President Isaac Herzog “expressed his deep sorrow and sincere apologies” Tuesday for the death on Monday of seven aid workers for World Central Kitchen, in strikes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “unintentionally hit innocent people.” The food aid nonprofit said it was immediately pausing its operations in the region. The victims included … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this weekend blamed his intelligence officials for not warning him ahead of the deadly attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 — but just 10 hours later, he retracted those remarks and issued an apology. “I was wrong,” Netanyahu wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday. “Things … Read more